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Think back, and this is pretty much how things went for the original Droid 2, right? Leak after leak after leak, and finally Verizon announced the phone about 48 hours before it was released. So it's with little surprise that VZ Navigator for the Droid 2 Global appears in the Android Market. Leak after leak after leak, folks. Place your bets on when the phone finally appears. [via Droid Life]

It's Monday. It's very much Monday. But the good news is we've got a bunch of threads rocking in the Android Central Forums to keep us occupied. Here are but a few that we've been checking out today. Not everybody's buying the Nexus Two hype, as seen in the not-so-subtly titled "Anybody else think this is BS?" thread.Have a Sprint Epic 4G? Check out the Ultimate Rooting Guide.Remember the Saddest...

Android 2.2 took away the ability to silence your phone using the volume button. Used to be you'd just hit volume down until you hit silent mode, and that was it. So how do you do it now? A few options: First is to go to the lock screen (press the power button once to turn the screen off, and again to wake the phone) and use the slider. Another is to use a widget button like you see above --...

We're always on the lookout for new Android keyboards, and a few of you have pinged us on one that looks very interesting. The 8pen keyboard is a gesture-based keyboard, which is kind of like Swype in that you move your finger around instead of pecking at keys -- but it's also very different in that you don't have a traditional keyboard layout. We're going to take this bad boy for a spin and...

T-Mobile is bringing a quartet of sub-$100 phones to market in time for the holiday season. They are:T-Mobile Comet: Also known as the Hauwei Ideos, available Nov. 3 for $9.99 after $50 rebate and two-year contract. Also available at Target, Radio Shack and Best Buy for less than $200.LG Optimus T: Available Nov. 3 for $29.99 after $50 rebate and contract.Motorola Charm: $49.99 after $50 rebate...

It's been available in drips and drabs for a number of weeks now, but Sprint this morning finally and officially flipped the switch on its 4G data service in New York City. And in addition to the greatest city in the world, 4G data also was turned on in New Haven and Hartford, Conn.; New Brunswick and Trenton, N.J.; and Tampa. So if you have an HTC Evo 4G or Epic 4G (or Sprint Overdrive), you...

We're fully expecting the Samsung Continuum to be announced at Sammy's New York City event on Nov. 8, but that doesn't mean the phone will be available that day. (And that's how it goes, more often than not.) But it likely won't be long after that before the dual-screen phone will be available for purchase. Phone Arena has a screen shot showing the Continuum available in all Verizon retail...

If the T-Mobile Comet has piqued your interest, the read on, friend. The phone formerly known as the Huawei Ideos is expected to drop this week -- Nov. 3 to be exact -- and we've been handed every last little details on the phone. It's not being billed has a high-end device, and nor should it be. But it is being billed as the first entry-level Google phone (Google experience, that is), with...

It's been a week of unsourced rumors regarding the rumored Nexus Two (or Nexus S), the emergence of Gingerbread, we've all gotten some quality time with Google TV, plus a bunch of new apps. Check it out:News Android 2.3 -- and Android 3.0.1 -- are starting to ping websitesWill Gingerbread be Android 2.3?Gingerbread man arrives at Google HQ -->Samsung unveiling new Android device in New York...

Another day, another patent lawsuit. And this time around it's Apple suing Motorola over multitouch on nearly all its Android phones -- basically everything up to and including the Droid X. In addition to the multitouch infringement claims, there's also:Object-Oriented System Locator SystemTouch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Determining Commands by Applying...

Remember how the Droid 2 Global had a couple of SKU numbers on that leaked Verizon rebate sheet? Looks like that's because it's going to be available in a couple of colors, according to Costco's inventory system. There's the white version that we've already seen, plus traditional black. As for exactly when it's going to drop? We're still expecting sometime in the fourth quarter. [BGR]

When HTC recently announced that the mid-range Wildfire would be coming to the United States after its run in Europe, we didn't know any of the regional carriers involved. Turns out that Alltel -- what's left of it anyway, was first out the gate with what's been previously codenamed the HTC Bee.Join us after the break for a mini review of the 3.2-inch HTC Widlfire, available now for $29.99 on...

Where do we talk about gnomes, unicorns and Android phones that might or might not exist? In the Android Forums at Android Central, of course! Here's what's going on as we head into the weekend:The Nexus Two/Nexus S if on everybody's mind this week, and everybody has their own source on what it is, and when it's coming out. Discuss the Nexus Two rumors here.The Samsung Continuum is expected to be...

Verizon's upcoming rebate form has surfaced, bringing with it lots of exciting (if expected) Android wares. What you see above is just a partial shot of what Engadget received. We clearly see the Droid 2 Global, which has a pair of SKUs, which they surmise may mean it'll get a cameraless version and not the Droid Pro. There's also the Samsung Continuum (see our hands-on), which will be unveiled...

Top o' the news - Gingerbread, Honeycomb and rumors - oh, my! Android 2.3 -- and Android 3.0.1 -- are starting to ping websitesWill Gingerbread be Android 2.3?Gingerbread man arrives at Google HQ -->Samsung unveiling new Android device in New York City on Nov. 8A second Google phone out before Christmas?Samsung Nexus Two (or Nexus S) reportedly a lot like the Galaxy S, only differentGoogle...

Here we go again, folks. The Android Market seems to have taken a bit of a header this afternoon. We've gotten apps to download find on some devices, and not so fine on others, so maybe the worst is behind us. What say you all?Update: The AndroidDev Twitter account reports that everything should be fine now. The whole thing started about noon Pacific time and "lasted a few hours."

We're not sure we'd call this an actual hands-on, per se, but Gizmodo says "a friend of ours" got to play with an upcoming Samsung device that will be the Nexus Two, or Nexus S, or whatever the darn thing ends up being called. From what Giz's friend says, it pretty much sounds like a Galaxy S device with a front-facing camera and a slightly different, more curved shell. We'll just have to see,...

If your Logitech Revue didn't make it to your doorstep as quickly as it was supposed to, check your inbox. An apology in the form of a $25 gift code might have just arrived. That's $25 off anything, no minimum purchase, plus you'll get free shipping. Which is darn nice of Logitech, we say. Oh, and speaking of nice things, be sure to register for our Logitech Revue Giveaway if you haven't already.

Update: Just heard back from HTC, and they tell us that anywhere you see the word "Merge" below, replace it with "Droid Incredible." They then told us they didn't know what we were talking about, there is no HTC Merge, we must be a prank caller and then hung up on us. (Not really.)The HTC Merge is still very much unofficial, not having been announced by either HTC or Verizon. So imagine our...

Android 2.3 -- which we told you last week will indeed be Gingerbread -- is starting to show up in Google Analytics logs. Our pals at Android and Me are seeing them, as are we. And while it's impossible to know what phone they're coming from -- it's what's at the bottom of our list that's piqued our interest even more. Yep, that's Android 3.0.1, which made an appearance last week before going...

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